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#BFBB33

#bfbb33 ≈ Old Gold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#bfbb33 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 74.9% red, 73.33% green and 20% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 2.09% magenta, 73.3% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 58.29°, with 57.85% saturation and 47.45% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Old Gold (#cfb53b), ΔE 6.03.

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Web safe#cccc33
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Relative luminance0.4686

Complementary

  1. #bfbb33
  2. #3337bf

Split complementary

  1. #bfbb33
  2. #337dbf
  3. #7533bf

Analogous

  1. #bf7533
  2. #bfbb33
  3. #7dbf33

Triadic

  1. #bfbb33
  2. #33bfbb
  3. #bb33bf

Tetradic

  1. #bfbb33
  2. #37bf33
  3. #3337bf
  4. #bb33bf

Square

  1. #bfbb33
  2. #33bf75
  3. #3337bf
  4. #bf337d

Monochromatic

  1. #464513
  2. #838023
  3. #bfbb33
  4. #d7d368
  5. #e7e5a4

Shades

#bfbb33 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bfbb33
  2. #aca82e
  3. #999629
  4. #868324
  5. #73701f
  6. #605e1a
  7. #4c4b14
  8. #39380f
  9. #26250a
  10. #131305
  11. #000000

Tints

#bfbb33 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bfbb33
  2. #c5c247
  3. #ccc95c
  4. #d2cf70
  5. #d9d685
  6. #dfdd99
  7. #e5e4ad
  8. #ecebc2
  9. #f2f1d6
  10. #f9f8eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bfbb33 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bfbb33
  2. #b9b53b
  3. #b2af42
  4. #aca94a
  5. #a6a352
  6. #a09e5a
  7. #999861
  8. #939269
  9. #8d8c71
  10. #868678
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bab894 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbb418 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cdb83d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #cdafa1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c6b725 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c8b939 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c8b483 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bfbb33 {
  color: #bfbb33;
}
Background
.bg-bfbb33 {
  background-color: #bfbb33;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bfbb33 {
  border: 2px solid #bfbb33;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bfbb33;
  --color-primary-rgb: 191 187 51;
  --color-primary-hsl: 58 58% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bfbb33 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bfbb33, #7dbf33);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bfbb33 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(191 187 51 / 0.35);
}

#cfb53b Old Gold ΔE 6.03 #c5b358 Vegas Gold ΔE 6.38 #b5a642 Brass ΔE 6.94 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 7.71 #e4d00a Citrine ΔE 8.13 #e4d96f Straw ΔE 8.74 #d4af37 Metallic Gold ΔE 9.35 #4044cc Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Old Gold
#bfbb33  rgb(191, 187, 51)  hsl(58, 58%, 47%)  Old Gold
#3337bf  rgb(51, 55, 191)  hsl(238, 58%, 47%)  Persian Blue
#33bfbb  rgb(51, 191, 187)  hsl(178, 58%, 47%)  Tiffany Blue
#bb33bf  rgb(187, 51, 191)  hsl(298, 58%, 47%)  Purpureus